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Bulgaria's E-Government strategy as foundation of the national SDI GSDI 2002, September 2002

Bulgaria's E-Government strategy as foundation of the national SDI GSDI 2002, September 2002 Ulrich Boes, URSIT Ltd. Raina Pavlova, Technical University of Sofia. Bulgaria's E-Government strategy as foundation of the national SDI. Political and economic context

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Bulgaria's E-Government strategy as foundation of the national SDI GSDI 2002, September 2002

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  1. Bulgaria's E-Government strategyas foundation of the national SDI GSDI 2002, September 2002 Ulrich Boes, URSIT Ltd. Raina Pavlova, Technical University of Sofia

  2. Bulgaria's E-Government strategy as foundation of the national SDI • Political and economic context • Information Society in Bulgaria • Spatial data infrastructure in Bulgaria • Projects and examples • Outlook and Conclusions

  3. Bulgaria - some Figures • Area 110,994 sq.km. • Inhabitants 7.8 million • GDP 12.4 bln US$ • GDP Growth 4 % (2000) • Poverty 15% of pop. <4$/day • Education 4% of GDP (1998) • R&D Exp. 0.6% of GDP, with 60% biz. • HDI 0.772 - 57 of 162 • TAI 0.411 (potential leader)

  4. The Political Context • Enlargement of the European Union • eEurope 2000 • Europe to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy • Digital divide • eEurope+ 2001 • Green Paper on Public Sector Information • INSPIRE

  5. Donor Strategies • Donors define and support IT strategies • European Union • eEurope+ • RTD Programmes • UNDP - IT for Development • Stability Pact: eBalkans • IT infrastructure and intellectual capital • e-government/business/education

  6. Information Society in Bulgaria • Acquis Communautaire as driver • National strategy for information society (1999) • Strategy for electronic commerce (2000) • Strategy for electronic government (2001) • IT for more efficient administr. services • Realization in several phases • Pilot projects

  7. Spatial Data Infrastructure • Main Data Providers • Agency of Cadastre, government institutions • Data Owners • Ministries, municipalities, other organisations • Software Providers • Multinationals, national small companies • Users • Governmental organisations • utilities, telecommunications • Standards: CEN 287, national standards

  8. GIS Users

  9. Spatial Data Projects • DISNY: distribution of public information by administrations (MoF) • Land registration project • Regional cadastre projects • Sofia city development strategy • Local Agenda21 - sustainable Sofia • Project funded by E.C.

  10. GISEE Geographic Information in South-East Europe • Aim: comprehensive documentation of the spatial data infrastructure • data, actors, applications, standards, business processes • Analysis of obstacles for NSDIs • Roadmap and policy recommendations • First step toward a comprehensive NSDI

  11. SDI in its political context • Legal and regulatory side well developed • IT infrastructure in urban areas • E-Government is a priority • public information • projects with spatial data • Need for spatial data • Reorganization of gov&biz services

  12. Outlook • Observations • GI sector not organized • lack of rules for data distribution • nearly saturated GIS market • Transformation of traditional GIS market • New players • data owners, integrators, service providers, users

  13. Thank you • For your attention! • Questions? Ulrich Boes URSIT Ltd.Tel./Fax: +359-2-665660u.boes@computer.org Raina Pavlova TU Sofia Tel. + 359 / 2 / 965 3453 Fax + 359/ 2 / 68 32 15 rsp@vmei.acad.bg

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